Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about Trails and sidewalks

A City of Boston rendering illustrates the center-running bus lane concept for Blue Hill Avenue near Walk Hill Street. Under the plan, bus lanes and dedicated stations would run in the middle of the street, away from double-parked cars and turning vehicles. Pedestrian crossings would also be significantly shorter. Courtesy of the City of Boston.

What’s in Mayor Walsh’s 2021 Streets Budget?

By Christian MilNeil | Apr 10, 2020 | No Comments

The Mayor's budget proposal advances major bus-priority projects on Warren Street, Blue Hill Avenue, and on Summer Street in the Seaport, while also supporting ongoing work for new protected bike routes and sidewalk upgrades across the city.

A rendering of an on-street protected bikeway and widened sidewalk on Market Street in Lynn - part of a planned project to extend the Northern Strand Community Path through downtown Lynn to the city's waterfront at Nahant Beach. Courtesy of the City of Lynn's 2019 Walking and Bicycling Network Plan.

State Breaks Ground On New Links To Northern Strand Trail

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 12, 2020 | No Comments

The Baker-Polito administration announced last week the groundbreaking of a $13.7 million project to complete the remaining unbuilt sections of the Northern Strand Trail to Western Avenue in Lynn by the summer of 2022. Two separate projects – one by the City of Everett to extend the southern end of the trail to the Mystic […]

A recently-paved section of the Dedham Heritage Rail Trail in the City of Boston, pictured in October 2019. Across the town line in Dedham, advocates are still waiting for town leaders to move forward with a long-planned greenway that would link downtown Dedham to the Readville commuter rail station in Boston.

Advocates Put Dedham Rail Trail On April Ballot

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 4, 2020 | No Comments

Supporters of the Dedham Heritage Rail Trail have collected over 2,100 signatures to put an advisory referendum on the ballot for the town's April 11 municipal election.

The future downtown segment of the Columbia Greenway rail trail in Westfield, seen from an existing bike and pedestrian bridge in the city's riverfront park. A project currently under construction will extend the trail half a mile through the heart of downtown Westfield. Courtesy of the Friends of the Columbia Greenway.

Westfield Breaks Ground On Columbia Greenway Extension

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 30, 2020 | No Comments

A new trail link in the city of Westfield will extend a network of rail trails that leads all the way to New Haven, Connecticut.

The Wayside Trail, part of the Massachusetts Central Rail Trail, passes an abandoned trail station at the Church Street underpass in Weston.

MassTrails Wants To Fund Your Trails Projects

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 17, 2020 | No Comments

Grant applications are due by February 1.

Path Upgrades Under Discussion In Boston Common Master Plan

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 16, 2020 | No Comments

Planners for the City of Boston are preparing a new master plan for the Boston Common under guiding principles that recognize that the park is an important crossroads for people walking between Back Bay, Beacon Hill and downtown Boston. City planners and consulting landscape architects are midway through a 2-year planning process to create a […]

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